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Re:American workers are demanding almost $80k a year to take... by walleeee on Monday August 21, 2023 @11:47AM (#37211161)
Energy/material costs and money-printing are not unrelated, in that the latter is being used to paper over extremely worrying trends in the former. 2008-induced QE and covid-induced direct payments are both can-kicking strategies which do not address underlying problems, just temporarily plug leaks in the facade.
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Re:American workers are demanding almost $80k a year to take... by bryanlarsen on Monday August 21, 2023 @11:57AM (#37211350)
And temporarily plugging leaks was exactly the right thing to do during a temporary world-wide crisis like COVID.
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Re:American workers are demanding almost $80k a year to take... by walleeee on Monday August 21, 2023 @12:31PM (#37211851)
I make no claim either way on that, just responding to your other point on inflationary forcings.
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